maildesk 0.0.2

email python library

maildesk

Python Library to read email from any email service. You can just dowload to yout python script folder or install it with pip. This library using Imaplib python to read email with IMAP protocol.

Usage

pip install --user maildesk

import maildesk

# imap_server = "imap-mail.outlook.com"
# imap_port = 993
# smtp_server = "smtp-mail.outlook.com"
# smtp_port = 587
# imap_server = "outlook.office365.com"
# imap_port = 993
# smtp_server = "smtp.office365.com"
# smtp_port = 587
imap_server = "imap.gmail.com"
imap_port = 993
smtp_server = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp_port = 587
max_retry_attempts = 5

mail = maildesk.Client(imap_server,imap_port,smtp_server,smtp_port,max_retry_attempts)

Complete list of functions

Examples

send email

mail.login('[e-mail]','yourpassword')
mail.send_email('[e-mail]','subject','message body')

select folder

mail.login('[e-mail]','yourpassword')
mail.select('Inbox')

email ID

mail.login('[e-mail]','yourpassword')
mail.select('Inbox')
date = datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)

all_ids = mail.all_ids_since(date)
unread_ids = mail.unread_ids_since(date)
read_ids = mail.read_ids_since(date)
latest_id = mail.latest_id_since(date)
latest_unread_id = mail.latest_unread_id_since(date)
latest_read_id = mail.latest_read_id_since(date)

email content

mail.login('[e-mail]','yourpassword')
mail.select('Inbox')
date = datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
id = mail.latest_unread_id_since(date)

email_message = mail.get_email(id)
print mail.mail_body(email_message)
print mail.mail_subject(email_message)
print mail.mail_from(email_message)
print mail.mail_to(email_message)
print mail.mail_attachments(email_message)